Publisher's Synopsis
The collection of articles "Ladoga and the problems of the ancient and medieval history of northern Eurasia" was compiled from the materials of the 19th and 20th readings of the memory of Anna and Dmitry Alekseevich Machinsky (2014-2015). The collection combines articles devoted to various aspects of the early history of Ladoga and the North-West on a wide background of contacts stretching from the western Baltic to the Kama region, as well as other problems of ancient Russian history and culture. An important memorial publication of the collection is a thoroughly documented reconstruction of the life and work of the talented archeologist and ethnographer, who died early. Machinsky. For historians, archaeologists and a wide range of readers interested in national history.